photo by Nick Turchiaro/ISIphotos.com Only two days separate the U.S. men's national team from the start of its 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign, but plenty of questions about the team still remain after the three summer friendlies ended with mixed results. Whether it was tired legs at the e...

photo by Rick Osentoski/ISIphotos.com It appears U.S. men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is making a concentrated effort to get to know CONCACAF teams prior to World Cup qualifying. According to a report, the United States will travel to Canada to take on its northern rival in a f...

Photo by ISIphotos.com Landon Donovan's loan move to Everton has been completed, sources confirmed to SBI on Thursday. The U.S. national team star and Los Angeles Galaxy captain will join the Liverpool-based club when the transfer window opens on Jan. 1. Donovan is being brought in to provid...

I would love to play Spain in the first round. It would be great to beat them again and through their "We would win 9 out of 10" comments back in their face. I see that most people want the easiest path to the second round but I would love to play a top team along the way. I loved wathcing the USA beat Portugal 3-2 in 2002 and Spain 2-0 in the Confed Cup. The best vicories are the hard ones. 1st Choice Spain, Switzerland, Algeria. 2nd England, Portugal, Uraguay, 3rd SA, Netherlands, Nigeria. I would like to aviod a group of death with anyone but SA the Netherlands and us.

The 32-team field is set for the 2010 World Cup and for the next two weeks until the World Cup Draw on Dec. 4 you will see plenty of sample draws to give soccer fans around the world a sense of where teams just might wind up. SBI isn't going to miss out on that fun. For the next two weeks, we...

So if we get put in with the African teams we get a one in three shot at South Africa's group. That sounds good but I can't help but think Mexico would get in with S.A. They always seem to get a good draw.

The 32-team field is set for the 2010 World Cup and for the next two weeks until the World Cup Draw on Dec. 4 you will see plenty of sample draws to give soccer fans around the world a sense of where teams just might wind up. SBI isn't going to miss out on that fun. For the next two weeks, we...

The New England Revolution did what D.C. United, Toronto FC and FC Dallas could not. The Revs won to clinch a playoff berth. New England beat the Columbus Crew, 1-0, on a Jeff Larentowicz free kick on Sunday to secure the final MLS playoff berth and eliminate the Colorado Rapids from playoff con...